Improvement in hydraulic weighing appaeatus



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A Letters Patent lVo. 65.720, dated Juf/Le Il, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HYDRAULIC WBIGHING APPARATUS.

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Be it known that I, LOUIS BRAUER, of Memphis, in the county of Shelby, and State of Tennessee, have invented a Rotary Endless Scale for Fluids; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and lexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of this specification, in which Figure I is a vertical section through my improved apparatus for weighing lluids, showing the construction of the\ weighing wheel and the interior arrangement of the case for enclosing it.

Figure Z is a side view of. the front or Vi'a'ce plate of the wheel case.

Figure 3 is a sectional view indetail of the front part of the lowermost chamber of the apparatus, showing the draw-ntf cock, and also a valve for preventing` the introduction of a fluid into said chamber.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the apparatus complete.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several gures.

This invention is designed as a means Jfor weighing all kinds of vfluids, such, f'or instance, as wines and other kinds of liquors of high and low proof, Water, milk, and also substances which will ilow like liquids. It consists mainly in a rotary scale which is provided with a continuously acting counterbalancingweight on one side of its axis, and with buckets or chambers upon its circumference, so that when a lluid is caused to flow upon said Wheel this wheel will be slowly turned, thus constituting a continuously rotating scale which will, by the aid of suitable mechanism, record and indicate the weight of the quantity of fluid passed through the apparatus, as will be hereinafter described.

The invention also consists in combining a recording or registering mechanism with a continuously rotating Scale in such a manner that said mechanism shall be actuated directly from the axis of said scale, und be enclosed within a case which '.vill expose its dials without allowing them to be tampered with, as will be hereinafter explained.

It also consists in mounting a continuously rotating scale,.which is adapted for weighing fluids and registering the quantity passed through the apparatus, upon anti-friction rolling bearings, which will allow of the turning of said wheel by a regular continuous movement, and prevent undue friction and consequent wearing of the axle thereof, ns will be hereinafter explained.

The invention also consists in-making provision for causing the Huid which vis to be weighed to flow upon the rotaryvscale in a regular stream without undue impact. thereby preventing all irregularity in thc working of the scalo by slow and fast currents, as will be hereinafter described.

The invention also consists in providing the case containing the rotary scale with a drop-chamber below it for receiving the fluid as rapidly as if is weighed and allowed to escape from the said` scale, thereby preventing the duid `'rom reacting upon and causing an irregular movement of the weighing and registering mechanism` as will he hereinafter described.

The invention consists, further, in the arrangement of a chamber for receiving samples orn the Huid passed through the weighing mechanism, below the drop-chamber, and in providing said chamber with suitable communications with the rotary scale case, and also with suitable means for allowing samples to be drawn from it, as will be hereinafter described. v l

The invention also consists in combining with an apparatus, operating upon the principles hereinafter to be explained, one or more transparent cylinders, which communicate with the apparatus in such manner as to receive samples of the fluid which isweighed, and also to receive hydrometcrs for indicating the strength of such fluid, as will be hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will describe oiic practical mode of carrying itinto ell'ect.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a circular box or case, which may be made of any suitable capacity, an'd which is adapted for containing a rotating scale, E', for weighing l'luids passed through this case7 as will bc hereinafter explained. This case is mounted upon and suitably secured to a drop-box, E, into which theluid Hows, after being weighed, through the opening O, which is made through the bottom of said case. This receptacle E is provided with one or more outlets, E', und it should be made of such capacity, with reference to the capacity of the weighing wheel for receiving fluid, that the weighed fluid will never risc so high in this receptacle as to obstruct the rotation of said wheel. Below this drop or outlet-chamber' E I have arranged a clnnnber, F, for receiving samples of the fluid which is being weighed from the ease A. This chamber is prof vided with a draw-ofi' cock, F', and also witlruI valve, t, which latter is applied to e, divisional box, S, showu'in iig. 3, so as to open out-ward and allow iluid to be drawn `from the chamber F, but prevent the introduction of anything into this chamber through the cock F. As the chamber F is designed exclusively for containing samples of the fluid which has been weighed and indicated upon the recording dials of theapparatus, provisibn will be made for locking the plug of the draw-off cock F', so that no person but the` inspector can have access to said chamber. The manner of getting the fluid into chamber F is through a transparent case or cylinder, H, which is located uponone side of thenpparntus, as shown' in fig. 1, and adapted for containing an hydrometer for indicating th'e strength of the contained duid. The lower end of this cylinder H communicates with )the interior-'lof the nheelcase A so as to receive iiuid in very small quantities therefrom, and the upper end of this cylinder communicates with the chamber F through an overflow pipe, It'. The hydrometer chamber H will exhibit the specific gravity of the fluid which has passed through the. apparatus, and the draw-oli` cock will allow oi' the inspection of such fluid by the proper person. On the opposite side of the apparatus is an hydrom eter chamber or cylinder, G, adapted for containing any suitable forni of hydrometei'. This is designed especially for the person possessing the apparatus for lenabling him to determine at a glance the strength of 'the uid which is passing through the apparatus. The cylinder G communicates with the interior of the wheel case A by mea-ns of a pipe, g, and with the receiving chamber E by means ofthe overflow pipe g',as shown in fig` 1. The duid which enters the apparatus through the pipe k is received within a chamber, K, at the lower part thereof; it thence rises and il'owsnover the short tube Z into the buckets rl a?, which are 'upon the circumference of the wheel D, and causes this wheel to rotateslowly about its axis in the direction of the arrow in fig. 1. The mode which I have shown` of conduct-ing theiluid from the pipe k upon. the circumference of the weighing wheel D will prevent-the iuid from materially adecting the revolution of this wheel by impact should the cur vren-t be stronger at one time than another. By thearrangement shown the'nioment-um or force of the current will be broken or greatlymodiiied before the luid flows upon the wheel. 'This wheel D contains an annular air-tight chamber, D', which is concentric to the' axisof the shaft a', and which is provided with a suitable number oi' lifting plates, e, applied so as to carry up a liquid or other suitable flowing niateriai a certain distance and then discharge it again. The substance which is put into the chamber D' to be actedupen by the plates c thereinvis designedto-sorve as a continuous counter-weight to the iluid which is conducted into the weighing buckets d upon the circumference of the wheel. This counter-weight should be adjusted and graduated according to the weightofplluid which it is desired should move the wheel about its axis when applied inthe buckets on one side of said axis.. The axle a' of the weighing wheel D is supported at both ends by means of cutis.

friction wheels-aa a, one of which sustains said shaft upon its -highestpoinln while the other two 'Keep the shaft in place. These rollers will prevent any undue friction en the shaft a', andconsequently allow the wheel D to rotate regularly and smoothly. The front end of the axle /is connected by suitable means to atra-in of wheels which should be arranged within the case I upon ,thel back of' the face plate voi` the cylindrical wheel cuseA, :is shown in fig. 2. The centre or axis of the case i er 'bexvv I coincides with the axis i of the shaft a' of the weighing wheel D, so that this sha'it can be .connected directly with the registering wheel worh, thereby greatly simplifying the apparatus and rendering it very compact. In front of the eyliudricalcase I, and upon the front side ofthe face plate of the case A, is a dial plate for. registering the quantity of liquid or fluid passed through the apparatus, in'pounds or fractions of pounds. And in front of this dial plnte is a case, 1I, having a glass or other transparent face through which the dial plate can be seen but not tampered with i I do not confine my invention to the use ot' any particular construction of registering mechanism, and therefore I have not represented such mechanism in the drawings. l prefer to have whatever registering devices may be employed applied within the case I, as described, and 'connected directly with the shaft ofthe weighirig wheel. I i

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, andvdesire to secure by Letters Patent, is.-

-1..A wheel which is provided with buckets or chambers upon its circumference, and also with a continu ously acting counterbalance, and which is adapted for weighing, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a registering-or recording mechanism, 'witha continuously rotating weighing apparatus, operating substantially as described. Y y l 3. Sustaining a rotary weighing wheel which is provided with a continuously acting counter-balance upon anti-friction rollers at both ends of its axle, and connecting suchv wheel directly to registering mechanism, substantially as described. i

4. The case I, adapted for receiving the registering mechanism when it extends from the face plate of the wheel case A into the space surrounding the centre of the weighing wheel, all constructed and arranged substantially as described.

5. The strap K and overiiow l, substantially as described and shown, for conducting the fluid to be weighed upon the weighing wheel and into the` buckets thereof', substantially a-s described.v

6. The arrangement of the receiving chamber below the wheel. case A, substantially as and for the purpose described. Y

7. The sample chamber J5', with an outlet, F', and avalve, t, substantially as and for the purposes described. 8. The hydrometer receiver or receivers for the purpose specified.

' LOUIS BRAUER.

Witnesses:

J onu KINeDoN, Enw. SCHAFER. 

